I bumped into this from Andrew Murray this morning…
Jesus never taught
His disciples how to preach,
only how to pray.
Come to think of it, there’s a number of other things Jesus didn’t teach us how to do. (Insert your own mental list here.) Why the emphasis on answering — and then having Scripture capture for us — his teaching on how to pray?
Must be a pretty important topic.
I know a fair number of Christian communicators. Great speakers and conveyors of the Truth. Many struggle for their “prayer lives” to play up to their preaching and leading gifts. I’m not frustrated with them . . . I identify with missing learning and growing in prayer at the expense of other really good things.
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
Romans 8:34
Oh yes, Lord — do teach us to pray. It seems like it was pretty important to you. It still is because praying is what you’re giving yourself to right now. Jesus, in your name teach us to pray. Today. Right now. Teach us. We are listening.